Etiology
toxics
- alcohol (ethanol)
- phosphore
drugs
- corticosteroids
- bleomycin
- methotrexate
- wrafrin
- zidovudine
- troglitazone
- interferon-alpha
genetic metabolic diseases (inborn errors of metabolism)
- hereditary fructose intolerance
- galactosemia
- glycogenosis type 1 (GSD1)
- glycogenosis type 3 (GSD3)
- tyrosinemia
- Wolman disease
- cholesterol ester storage disease
- mitochondrial respiratory chain diseases
- fatty acid oxydation diseases
- pyruvate carboxylase deficiency
- pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency
- neonatal adrenoleukodystrophy
- infantile Refsum disease
- herediatry tyrosinemia
- Wilson disease
- organic acidurias
- homocystinuria
- urea cycle diseases
- Schwachman disease
- abetalipoproteinemia
- familial heterozygous hypolipoproteinemia
- familial hepatosteatosis
- carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase deficiency
diabetes mellitus
obesity
metabolic syndrome X
jejunoileal bypass
starvation
protein-calorie malnutrtion
total parenteral nutrition (TPN)
inflammatory bowel disease (IBDs) (Crohn disease, ulcerous colitis)
cachexia
severe anemia
hyperlipidemia
hepatitis C infection (VHC infection)
panhypopituitarism
malaria
immotile cilia syndrome
See also
Steatosis
nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)